Surname Kontošić in modern Croatia

Kontošić families are Croats and they are mostly from Labin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Labin area. In Orihi in Labin area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Kontošić.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Kontošić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than tripled.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Pula (50), Orihi in Labin area (15), Gajana in Pula area (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kontošić is present in three countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Denis Kontošić, Ivica Kontošić, Alen Kontošić, Branka Kontošić, Branko Kontošić, Klaudia Kontošić, Vera Kontošić, Vedran Kontošić, Neda Kontošić, Dejan Kontošić, Majda Kontošić, Marijan Kontošić, Hrvoje Kontošić, Florijano Kontošić, Damir Kontošić, Slavko Kontošić, Martina Kontošić, Silvano Kontošić, Anamarija Kontošić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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